The markets turned mixed during the midday with the Dow rising 23 points to 13,413 as holiday sales rose 2.5% to meet lowered expectations. Nasdaq eased a point to 3104. On the upside

NewLead Holdings (Nasdaq: NEWL) received a capital contribution valued at approximately $236.4 million in exchange for a 36.8% stake in the company.Rising gold prices lifted share of Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY).Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISIS) updated investors on its pipeline at the 31st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.On the downsideSilver Standard Resources (Nasdaq: SSRI) announced an offering of $200 million in convertible senior notes.American Eagle Outfitter (NYSE: AEO) affirmed its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter but reported slowing same store sales growth.Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) warned that full year earnings would be at the low end of its previous guidance due to disappointing same store holiday sales.In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 7 to 5 on the NYSE while decliners edged out advancers by nearly 5 to 4 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index added 3 points to 1464.